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Abel Xavier, Middlesbrough’s Portuguese defender, has failed a drugs test and been suspended from all football by FIFA, football’s world governing body. Xavier’s urine (36) sample after Boro’s UEFA Cup tie in Xanthi, Greece, was found to be positive. Xavier is protesting his (37) innocence to the club. Xavier is believed to have been taking a supplement to (38) treat a virus.
For the time (39) being Middlesbrough are (40) standing by Xavier, though they are making no public statements, but a further test will now follow on Xavier’s sample and, if that is found to be positive, then the defender, who turns 33 next month, may be banned for a (41) sufficient period that his career is effectively over. UEFA is overseeing the investigation as the test was taken after a game under its (42) command and the relevant (43) commit tee is due to meet and report next Monday.
Boro would confirm only that Xavier had failed one test. A UEFA spokesman said: "The next step would be to examine the B sample. If that was positive, he would face sanctions laid out in the protocol passed between FIFA and WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency)."
(44) In English football there is no example of a player being found to have taken performing enhancing drugs, although Edgar Davids, now of Tottenham, was banned four years ago for eight months having been found with nandrolone in his system while at Juventus. (45) The ban was cut to four months on appeal. Shortly after Jaap Stam left Old Trafford he was banned for three months and fined 50,000 for testing positive for nandroloneo (46) (Rio Ferdinand) was suspended for eight months at Manchester United for missing a drugs test.

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Jackson didn’t just go to his brother and get some money because______.A. he was afraid to see his brotherB. he was in prison and was not allowed to go anywhereC. he was traveling in a foreign country and was far from his brotherD. he knew that his brother had no money
After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. He showed his passport. "Nothing has come for you, "he was told. This went on for two weeks and Mr. Frank got very worried. He sent a telegram to his brother, asking where the money was. There was no reply, and no money arrived for him.
In the fourth week Mr. Frank was .arrested for failing to pay his hotel hill. His passport was taken from him. He tried to explain the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for six days.
When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher bank. The clerk he spoke to was a nevi man. "Have you received $ 500 for me "he ask, "My name is Jackson Frank."
The clerk checked his books. "Yes, Jackson, it’s here. It came by telegram. --let me see--oh, more than two months ago. We wondered where you were. "He showed Mr. Frank the order.
The order read: "Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of $ 500..."
"But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson."
"Oh, that’ s all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter ’J’ , but it’s your money. "The clerk laughed, "A human mistake, sir! We’ re all human beings, aren’t we And so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me."
Mr Frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said, "A human mistake——is that what you call it I think some humans need kicking.\